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Much has been said of women’s roles in family, society and country. Much has been said to promote gender equality, protecting human rights of women, specially those in marginalized sectors of society.
Without a doubt, women play a vital role in the nation’s life.
Agueda kahabagan y iniquinto
They have moved beyond traditional roles of wife and mother to contribute to culture, the economy and politics. Yet, a journey through the country’s historical annals shows that the image of Maria Clara — frail and demure — did not always hold true.
Here are some outstanding Filipinas — heroines and mothers — who took active roles in rebellion against Spanish colonial overlords during those tumultuous years that led to the Philippine Revolution of 1896.
Gabriela Cariño Silang, Ilocos Joan of Arc
It was fate that made María Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang best known as the first female leader of the Filipino movement for independence from Spain.
This Spanish mestiza received an elementary-level education at her town’s c